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In re: M.M.


Winfield, West Virginia family law lawyer represented mother in parental termination case.



The child M.M. was removed from her mother's custody and eventually placed with Petitioner foster parents A.P.-1 and A.P.-2.[1] After mother passed away, Respondent E.L., the child's maternal aunt, intervened to seek custody. Following three permanency hearings, the circuit court c

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In re B.L., K.L., M.L., and M.S.

Philippi, West Virginia family law lawyer represented the Defendant accused of abuse and neglect.



Grandmother[1] R.S.L.[2]("Grandmother"), was accused of being "an abusing and neglectful parent" and the children, B.L.-1, B.L.-2, K.L., M.L., and M.S., to be "abused and neglected children."

In re B.L.-1, 23-265 (W. Va. Nov 14, 2024)

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Jacob H. v. Siera G.


Huntington, West Virginia family law lawyers represented mother and father in a child custody and visitation dispute.



The parties were never married but share one minor child born in 2017, who was six years old at the time of the hearing. On November 21, 2023, Mother filed her Verified Petition to Establish a Parenting Plan and Child Support which sought to have a paren

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In re I.S.


Elizabeth, West Virginia family law lawyer represented the husband and wife in a termination of parental rights action.



This abuse and neglect proceeding commenced on March 3, 2021, when the petitioners filed a petition against A.C. and A.S., the respondent father,[3] alleging that they abused, neglected, and/or abandoned I.S. According to the petitioners, A.C. and I.S.

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William H. Cecil, III v. Jonathan Frame


Lewisburg, West Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking writ of habes corpus.



On the evening of August 30, 1981, three-year-old M.J.R. was reported missing. At that time, the petitioner rented a room in a mobile home owned by Kenard R. and Vicky R., which was located across the street from M.J.R.'s home. The day after the child went missing, the p

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State of West Virginia v. Duane Leroy Eckard


Wheeling, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse.



On August 4, 2016, the Defendant entered an Alford/Kennedy plea to a charge of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust to a child.[2] He was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years of imprisonment, fifty years of

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United States of America v. Michael A. Kight

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Being Caught with Child Pornography

Sex Offender Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison After Being Caught with Child Pornography



U.S. District Judge Henry E.

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United States of America v. Demetris Campbell

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with commercial robbery conspiracy, four counts of aiding commercial robbery, and three counts of aiding the brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence

Indianapolis Man Sentenced to Fifty

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Department of Children, Youth, and Family Services v. S.T.V.


Seattle, Washington family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination proceeding.



S.T.-V. is a single mother and the primary caregiver of K.V.[2] In July 2022 the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (Department) responded to a report of loud screaming from the mother's apartment in Kirkland.[3] After multiple unsuccessful attempts to c

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Winchester Department of Social Sevices v. Jennifer Elizabeth Jones


Winchester, Virginia family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination case.



Mother is the biological parent to two children, H.J. and R.J.[2] The family first came to the Winchester Department of Social Services' (the Department) attention in 2020, when H.J. was born at 25-weeks gestation, and tested positive for fentanyl and marijuana exposu

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Shanay Rollins v. OU Medicine, Inc., et al.


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on medical malpractice theories.


Plaintiff was admitted to the OU Medical Center on December 12, 2018, for delivery of her unborn child, H.R. The was delivered but remained in the Neonatal Interstive Care Unit. On March 19, 2019, H.R. aspirated, went into cardiopulmonary distres

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Sara Ward v. Meredith McGarry


Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute.



This case involves a child support award in a paternity action. In an earlier appeal of this case between Sara Ward and Meredith McGarry, this court vacated the district court's child support award and remanded the matter to the district court for additional factual findings. See

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In the Matter of the Adoption of K.R.S., a person under 18 years of age


Manti, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination and adoption action.



Father is the biological father of K.R.S. (Child), who was born in January 2019. For a time, Father cohabited with Child's mother, M.L. (Mother), but they never married; in October 2019, Mother married G.L. (Stepfather). Child has resided with Mother since birth,

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State of Utah v. Martin Garcia-Cardiel


Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child.



Martin Garcia-Cardiel appeals his convictions on nineteen counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. First, he argues the trial court plainly erred and his trial counsel (Counsel) was ineffective for permitting an expert to testify about delayed reporting in c

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Andrw Wilburn Russell v. Heather Diane Schriber


Austin, Texas family law lawyers represented the parties in a child custody modification dispute.



Russell and Schriber are the parents of L.J.R., who was eight years old at the time of the modification hearing. In August 2019, Russell filed a suit to establish paternity of L.J.R.

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and an accompanying SAPCR seeking to be appointed L.J.R.'s sole managin

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The State of Texas v. Emanuel Ochoa


Gainesville, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of aggravated sexual assult of a hild under the age of six,"injury to a child causing serious mental injury, and kidnapping, all stemming from his sexual assault of a five-year-old girl. He was 14 years old at the time of the conduct.



In the early morning hours of February 6, 2018, M.G., who was

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United States of America v. Tjoman Buditaslim, Jose De Jesus Martinez, and Jose Alfonso

San Francisco, CA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged in a mortgage fraud conspiracy

Three Bay Area Real Estate Professionals Sentenced To Federal Prison For Their Roles In $55 Million Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy



Tjom

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United States of America v. Brad Hicks

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Child Pornography and Assaulting a Federal Officer

Sioux Falls Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography and Assaulting a Federal Officer in the

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United States of America v. Mason Neck

Rapid City, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender

Rapid City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender



United States Attorney Ali

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United States of America v. Wendell James Snell

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Abusing Children

Fort Totten Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Abusing Children



United States Attorney Mac Schneider anno

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United States of America v. Krystopher Cordeiro

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Pornography

Cherokee County Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison For Possession of Child Pornography



Krystopher Cordeiro, age 23,

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state of Tennessee v. Jared A. Smith


Ashland City, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape.



ollowing a jury trial, a Cheatham County jury convicted Defendant, Jared A. Smith, of three counts of Rape of a Child, four counts of Aggravated Sexual Battery, and three counts of Incest, for which he received a total effective sentence of seventy-eight years' incarceration. On

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In re Estate of Donald Patrick Burns


Shelbyville, Tennessee probate lawyers represented the parties in an adverse possession case.




Donald Burns had one biological child, Harold Burns, and two stepchildren, Michael Scott and Debbie Morsman. After Donald Burns died, his two stepchildren filed a complaint against Harold Burns, as administrator of Donald Burns' estate, contesting ownership of a portion of

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In Re Guardianship of Beatrice Rose Malone

Nashville, Tennessee guardianship law lawyers represented the parties.


Katherine Malone died in an accident in Idaho. Her ex-husband, Patrick Malone, was named guardian of their child, Beatrice Rose Malone ("Rosie"). A trust ("the Tennessee Trust") was established in Davidson County, Tennessee, for all funds due to Rosie. Katherine Malone's parents, James William Rose and Jennie

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State of South Dakota v. Mark Waldner and Michael M. Waldner


Chamberlain, South Dakota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rape and sexual contact with a minor.




Michael Waldner, Jr., and Mark Waldner (Waldners) were indicted in Brule County, South Dakota, on varying degrees of rape and sexual contact involving E.H., a minor less than sixteen years of age. During the investigation, law enforcement

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